About TDM 2025

 The 12th International Symposium on Travel Demand Management (TDM) will be organised and hosted by the University of Sydney, Australia, from 9th to 11th December 2025. The theme of this symposium will be "Transport Challenges in the Post-Pandemic Era."

This symposium will explore how the global transport sector has adapted to the unprecedented challenges brought on by the recent pandemic. Bringing together leading researchers, policy makers and industry professionals from around the world, the symposium will provide a platform for sharing innovative solutions, best practices, case studies and future opportunities for TDM. The event is intended to facilitate global collaboration to address the evolving needs of resilient and sustainable transportation systems in the post-pandemic era. 

The symposium will be opened by high-profile keynote speakers from academia, government and industry who will set the scene, raise important issues and stimulate debate.

Co-Chairs

• Prof. Michael Bell   (Chair of Ports and Maritime Logistics, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)
• Prof. John Nelson (Chair in Public Transport, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)

Secretary

• Dr. Supun Perera (Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)

Local Organising Committee

• Prof. Michael Bell   (Chair of Ports and Maritime Logistics, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)
• Prof. John Nelson (Chair in Public Transport, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)
• Professor Emerita Corinne Mulley (Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)
• Dr. Supun Perera (Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)
• Prof. Stephen Greaves (Professor in Transport Management, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)
• Prof. David Levinson (Professor of Transport in the School of Civil Engineering | University of Sydney)
• Dr. Yuting Zhang (Research Fellow, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) | University of Sydney Business School)
• Dr. Emily Moylan (Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering | University of Sydney)
• Dr. Jennifer Kent (Senior Research Fellow,  School of Architecture, Design and Planning | University of Sydney)
• Mr. David Surplice (Senior Manager, Travel Demand Management | Transport for NSW)

• Prof. Wafaa Saleh (Chair), Edinburgh Napier University, UK
• Dr. Augustus Ababio-Donkor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
• Prof. Gerd Sammer, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life, Austria
• Prof. Jason Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Prof.  Peter Jones, University College London, UK
• Prof. Yi-Chang Chio, The University of Arizona, USA
• Prof. Juan do Dios Ortúzar Salas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Prof.  Manfred Neun, Honorary ECF President
• Prof.  Stephen Ison,  De Montfort University, UK
• Prof.  Elisabetta Cherchi, NYU, Abu Dhabi
• Prof. John Preston, University of Southampton, UK
• Prof. Glenn Lyons, University of the West of England, UK
• Prof. Chandra Bhat, University of Texas, USA
• Prof. Peter White, University of Westminster, UK
• Prof. Masao Kuwahara, Tohoku University, Japan
• Prof. Jan-Dirk Schmoecker, Kyoto University, Japan
• Dr. Maria Chiara Leva, Technological University Dublin, IE
• Prof. Milos Millenkovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia